Reviews & features: Festival of Spirituality and Peace

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Margaret Atwood - The Year of the Flood

Author launches new work at Edinburgh Book Festival

The Flood which Margaret Atwood brings to an already soggy Charlotte Square gardens is, in fact, a waterless one. It is not sent by a punitive, Old Testament God but rather by scientists of the near future playing Him. Two isolated women, Toby and…

Festival of Spirituality and Peace

The quality of human relationships and their ability to engender peace in our hearts is the loose theme of this year’s laudable festival. Its film strand kicks off with a digitally restored print of Derek Jarman’s inspired adaptation of Benjamin…

Baddaboom!

There are a number of exciting performances illuminating the themes of the Festival of Spirituality and Peace this year, but none quite so heart-stirring as Scotland’s own Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers. Look out for exhilarating rhythms, martial choreography…

5 Questions: Donald Reid

Director of the Festival of Spirituality and Peace

Five events you’re most looking forward to at this year’s Festival The Root of All Evil? with Vincent Cable MP and Nic Marks, Chopin Recital by Aleksander Kudajczyk, Yathra (Journey) by Ragamala Dance, Rendition Monologues by iceandfire theatre…

Edinburgh's Other Festivals

Away from the Fringe and the EIFF, August still has a lot to offer

Suzanne Black explores the enlightenment of the Festival of Spirituality and Peace; the geekiness of Edinburgh Interactive; the diversity of Edinburgh Mela, and Ant and Dec at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.

Spirit of the age

Edinburgh Festival of Spirituality and Peace

Another festival growing in popularity, from humble beginnings is the Festival of Spirituality & Peace. Launched just three years ago, through the Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association, the Edinburgh International Centre for World Spiritualities and…

Festivals - Capital Gains

Kicking off the capital’s world famous summer festivals in late July, it’s the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival (25 Jul–3 Aug) which is the longest running jazz festival in the UK. Following hot on its heels is relative newbie to Edinburgh’s festival…